The PC SPES Story -1997-2001 - Updated Index of Reports


		The PC SPES Story Dr. Sophie Chen Pleads No Contest, Company Pays More Than Half Million Dollars For Lacing Supplements Dec 18 2003 by Jacqueline Strax with Sterling Greenwood Updated Index of Reports 1998-2002 Xanax, Warfarin, DES Found Unlabelled in Herbl Cancer Supplements -- BotanicLab Told, "Clean Up Your Act" Feb 4, 2002 UCSF, Dana Farber Halt Trial of Prostate Cancer Herbal Therapy, Traces of Artificial Estrogen Feb 2. 2002 BotanicLab HOTLINE: phone 1-800-458-5854 (click for details) BotanicLab Hires Agency to Check PC SPES Samples for "Packaging Integrity" Sept 7 2001 BotanicLab Recalls Samples of Herbal Supplement After Second Lab Finds Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Sept 7, 2001 Second PC SPES Lab Report Released: "No Question Diethylstilbestrol DES) Is Present" September 3, 2001 Read .pdf files: Rocky Mountain Instrumental Laboratories Incorporated, Fort Collins, Colorado Report \| Letter 1 \| Letter 2 \| BotanicLab, Inc. posts Copy of FDA Test That Found No DES in PC SPES: "Recently, allegation has been made that PC SPES contains DES (diethylstilbestrol and diethylstilbestrol dipropionates). We have consistently stated that ..." (Statement on BotanicLab website) Aug 23 2001 Second Lab Finds Artificial Estrogen Profile in Samples of Herbal Supplement for Prostate Cancer August 22, 2001 PC SPES, One Man's Story BY BOB ANDERSON © Raleigh, N.C. July 19, 2001 PC SPES Puzzle July 16, 2001 - includes discussion of Patent US 5,665,393 awarded September 9, 1997 for an Herbal composition for treating prostate carcinoma Chemical "footprint" of PC SPES estrogenic content in 1998 according to analysis by Drs. Robert DiPaolo and Michael Gallo Ph.D. Botaniclab CEO "Stands Firm" Against PC SPES Allegations: July 14 2001 Synthetic Estrogen (DES) Reported in 2 Samples of "Natural" Herbal Compound PC SPES July 14, 2001 No DES in Prostate Cancer Herbal Supplement, BotanicLab Vouches July 10, 2001 Turmoil Over Prostate Cancer Supplement -- Estrogen Added or Missing? July 9, 2001 Prostate Cancer Herbal Mix Alleged to Contain Synthetic Estrogen (DES), Samples Testing DES-Free Claimed Less Effective July 8, 2001 Prostate Cancer Herbal Mixture Avoids Osteoporosis of Chemical Hormonal Blockade May 13, 2001 PC SPES, Herbal Compound, Lowers PSA in Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer, UCSF Study Finds: October 28, 2000 PC-SPES Effects on Patients With Androgen Dependent Prostate Cancer: May 20, 2000 PC-SPES Update The Herbal Therapy Lowers PSA in Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer, UCSF Study Shows: May 6 - July 9, 1999. PC-SPES Contains Estrogen, Lowers Testosterone and PSA: November 26, 1998 Test Report, DiPaolo (1998) Figure 3. Results of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, and Mass Spectrometry of PC-SPES and the Estrogens Estrone, Estradiol, and Diethylstilbestrol (DES).

The PC SPES Story

Dr. Sophie Chen Pleads No Contest, Company Pays More Than Half Million Dollars For Lacing Supplements
Dec 18 2003
by Jacqueline Strax with Sterling Greenwood
Updated Index of Reports 1998-2002

Xanax, Warfarin, DES Found Unlabelled in Herbl Cancer Supplements -- BotanicLab Told, "Clean Up Your Act" Feb 4, 2002

UCSF, Dana Farber Halt Trial of Prostate Cancer Herbal Therapy, Traces of Artificial Estrogen Feb 2. 2002

BotanicLab HOTLINE: phone 1-800-458-5854 (click for details)
BotanicLab Hires Agency to Check PC SPES Samples for "Packaging Integrity" Sept 7 2001

BotanicLab Recalls Samples of Herbal Supplement After Second Lab Finds Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Sept 7, 2001

Second PC SPES Lab Report Released: "No Question Diethylstilbestrol DES) Is Present" September 3, 2001 Read .pdf files:

Rocky Mountain Instrumental Laboratories Incorporated, Fort Collins, Colorado Report | Letter 1 | Letter 2 |

BotanicLab, Inc. posts Copy of FDA Test That Found No DES in PC SPES: "Recently, allegation has been made that PC SPES contains DES (diethylstilbestrol and diethylstilbestrol dipropionates). We have consistently stated that ..." (Statement on BotanicLab website) Aug 23 2001

Second Lab Finds Artificial Estrogen Profile in Samples of Herbal Supplement for Prostate Cancer August 22, 2001

PC SPES, One Man's Story BY BOB ANDERSON © Raleigh, N.C. July 19, 2001

PC SPES Puzzle July 16, 2001 - includes discussion of

Botaniclab CEO "Stands Firm" Against PC SPES Allegations: July 14 2001

Synthetic Estrogen (DES) Reported in 2 Samples of "Natural" Herbal Compound PC SPES July 14, 2001

No DES in Prostate Cancer Herbal Supplement, BotanicLab Vouches July 10, 2001

Turmoil Over Prostate Cancer Supplement -- Estrogen Added or Missing? July 9, 2001

Prostate Cancer Herbal Mix Alleged to Contain Synthetic Estrogen (DES), Samples Testing DES-Free Claimed Less Effective July 8, 2001

Prostate Cancer Herbal Mixture Avoids Osteoporosis of Chemical Hormonal Blockade May 13, 2001

PC SPES, Herbal Compound, Lowers PSA in Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer, UCSF Study Finds: October 28, 2000

PC-SPES Effects on Patients With Androgen Dependent Prostate Cancer: May 20, 2000

PC-SPES Update The Herbal Therapy Lowers PSA in Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer, UCSF Study Shows: May 6 - July 9, 1999.

PC-SPES Contains Estrogen, Lowers Testosterone and PSA: November 26, 1998

Test Report, DiPaolo (1998)
Figure 3. Results of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, and Mass Spectrometry of PC-SPES and the Estrogens Estrone, Estradiol, and Diethylstilbestrol (DES).